Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Li Xian 李峴

Attested AD 757 - AD 759

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Xian was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 759 乾元二年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 178
AD 757 帝復兩京
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 140, passage 175

Career and standing

chancellor 宰相
AD 759 乾元二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 178
commissioner of the Three Offices 三司使
AD 757 帝復兩京 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 175
censor-in-chief 御史大夫
AD 757 帝復兩京 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 175

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 175

Events and relationships

Led judgment with
AD 757 帝復兩京 · Legal · Lead commissioner · With Lü Yin (呂諲)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 175

Assessments and attributes

Assessment superior to Yin in grasping expedient principles; because of him many sentences were reversed · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 176

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 175

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 65: Cui Miao, Two Pei's, Lu · 3 passages

帝復兩京，詔盡系群臣之汙賊者，以御史中丞崔器、憲部侍郎韓擇木、大理卿嚴向為三司使處其罪，又詔御史大夫李峴及諲領使。 When the emperor recovered the two capitals an edict ordered all officials who had served the rebels imprisoned; vice censor-in-chief Cui Qi, vice minister of justice Han Zemu, and chief justice Yan Xiang were made commissioners of the Three Offices to judge their crimes; another edict ordered censor-in-chief Li Xian and Yin to lead the commission.

諲於權宜知大體不及峴，而援律傅經過之，當時憚其持法，然以峴故，多所平反。 Yin was inferior to Xian in grasping expedient principles, yet in applying law and citing classics he went too far; contemporaries feared his rigor, yet because of Xian many sentences were reversed.

擢諲同中書門下平章事，知門下省，翌日，復以李峴、李揆、第五琦為宰相，而苗晉卿、王玙罷。 Yin was promoted to grand councillor of the Secretariat and Chancellery and put in charge of the gate department; the next day Li Xian, Li Kui, and Diwu Qi were again made chancellors while Miao Jinqing and Wang Yu were dismissed.